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More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total
Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones that don’t emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane — according to a report published Wednesday by Ember, a think tank based in London.
In Myanmar war, crucial window looms for junta and rebels as coming monsoons make it ‘harder and more dangerous’
In the jungles of southeastern Myanmar’s Dawna Hills, rebels from an armed ethnic group are fighting to hold back columns of reinforcements sent by the country’s ruling junta to try to reclaim Myawaddy, a critical trading outpost on the Thai border.
Asean must calm South China Sea waters or risk ‘Asia’s Ukraine’
Next year, Malaysia assumes chairmanship of Asean. Anwar has pledged to revitalise Asean-led forums, such as the East Asia Summit. A pivotal strategy in the preservation of Asean’s centrality is hewing to neutrality, refraining from taking sides and fostering collaboration.
China’s booming electric vehicle companies eye U.S. competitors they see as ‘not ready’
On the long list of disputes between the United States and China, electric vehicles enjoy an increasingly prominent role.
French cognac makers surge as Macron hints at cooling of China trade dispute
Shares of several French cognac makers rallied on Tuesday after France's President Emmanuel Macron suggested that trade tensions between China and the European Union, which could impact the drinks makers, may ease.
TikTok and ByteDance sue to block U.S. sell-or-ban law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance sued in U.S. federal court on Tuesday seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban its use.
Pakistan says bomb attack that killed 5 Chinese engineers in March was planned in Afghanistan
Pakistan’s military said on Tuesday that a suicide bomb attack that killed five Chinese engineers in March was planned in neighbouring Afghanistan, and that the bomber was also an Afghan national.